With the board showing and his opponent having fired a big bet of 12,500, Dan Attard sat in contemplation for several seconds before announcing he was all in, and after thinking a short while his opponent called.
Attard tabled , then stood and exhaled loudly when he saw his opponent's . The turn was the and the river the , and Attard had survived. "Aces hold!" he said, the relief in his voice evident as he retook his seat.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has become one of the biggest names in poker over the past few years. Grospellier's rise in fame is not unwarranted either, as he has had dozens of tournament cashes over the past few years, resulting in his total lifetime tournament earnings being at $10,024,926. Grospellier was finally awarded the greatest honor in poker at the 2011 World Series of Poker when he won his first bracelet in Event #21: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship.
We caught up with this poker phenom looking at a flop of . Grospellier's opponent checked to him and he fired out 350. His opponent called and checked once again on the turn. Grospellier continued the aggression with a bet of 825.
Grospellier once again received a call and the river brought the . Both players checked and Grospellier's opponent showed for eight-high and a busted straight draw. Grospellier showed and, much to his surprise, was able to drag in the pot.
Grospellier is succeding at building his stack up early and is sitting on about 45,000 in chips.
The table folded around to the cutoff and he raised it up to 300, the button then folded, and Martin Kabrhel completed from the small blind. The big blind also came along for the ride and all three were witness to a flop. It was here that Kabrhel took the reins and bet out 600. The big blind along with the cutoff made the call.
The then made an appearance on fourth street which prompted a bet of 3,000 from Kabrhel. The big blind made the call and the cutoff released.
The on the river saw a 4,500 bet from Kabrhel. The big blind took about 20 seconds or so and made the call. Kabrhel flipped over , and the big blind countered by exposing for three of a kind threes.
Carlos Mortensen continues to remain active through Level 1, increasing his starting stack by more than 50% during the early going.
Just now he was raising again from middle position and getting a caller from the small blind. The flop came , the small blind bet 500, and Mortensen raised to 1,500. His opponent thought a beat, then called.
Both checked the turn. The river brought the and a bet of 2,800 from Mortensen's opponent, which he considered for a bit before calling. It was a good call, as his opponent showed for a busted flush draw. Mortensen turned over for jacks and eights and claimed the pot.
A player in middle position opened for 250 and action folded around to another player on the button, who three-bet to 850. Dwyte Pilgrim called cold from the big blind and the original raiser called as well for a three-way pot.
The flop came and both Pilgrim and the original raiser checked to the three-bettor, who made it 875 to go. Pilgrim responded by tossing out a single 5,000-denomination chip and announing, "Three-thousand," for a raise. The player in middle position folded, as did the player on the button after thinking for a bit over a minute.
"Just so you guys know - I don't give anyone more than two minutes to act on a hand before I call the clock," Pilgrim said. "I like to play fast."
Picking up the action on a board, Chris Tryba called 1,275 from Dani Stern to see the river. Tryba check-called 2,000 from Stern this time, but mucked when Stern tabled .
The first two hours of Day 1b are done, and with the end of Level 1 players are taking the first 20-minute break of the day. By the way — no official numbers as yet for total entrants for Day 1b, although the word from the WSOP is they expect a total field of around 2,000 today.
The plan for the rest of the day will be to play two more two-hour levels, take a 90-minute dinner break, then come back for two last two-hour levels before play concludes tonight around 12:30 AM local time.
and his opponent having fired a big bet of 12,500, Dan Attard sat in contemplation for several seconds before announcing he was all in, and after thinking a short while his opponent called.
, then stood and exhaled loudly when he saw his opponent's 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Attard had survived. "Aces hold!" he said, the relief in his voice evident as he retook his seat.
. Grospellier's opponent checked to him and he fired out 350. His opponent called and checked once again on the 
turn. Grospellier continued the aggression with a bet of 825.
. Both players checked and Grospellier's opponent showed 
and, much to his surprise, was able to drag in the pot.
flop. It was here that Kabrhel took the reins and bet out 600. The big blind along with the cutoff made the call.
then made an appearance on fourth street which prompted a bet of 3,000 from Kabrhel. The big blind made the call and the cutoff released.
, the small blind bet 500, and Mortensen raised to 1,500. His opponent thought a beat, then called.
turn. The river brought the 
for a busted flush draw. Mortensen turned over 
board, Chris Tryba called 1,275 from Dani Stern to see the 
.